There is a reason why people outside the St. Louis area despise the Cardinals, it's because the whole organization is a pack of paranoid crybabies.
Former manager Tony La Russa started the St. Louis crybaby tradition in the 1990's and it has just gotten worse and worse over the years. The Cardinals seem to always think there are always forces working against them when they lose. The Whiny Birds have had beefs with the Dodgers, Brewers, Cubs, Reds and Pirates. It seems there is always someone dissing the poor Cardinals.
I happened to catch the Cubs-Cardinals game on Fox Sports St. Louis Friday and what I heard all game from the Cardinals "rah rah" announcers Dan McLaughlin and blowhard macho man fool Al Hrabosky was how the umpires were squeezing the strike zone on the poor Cardinal pitchers, BOO HOO!
Instead of just telling it like it, that Cardinal starter Lance Lynn was all over the place and getting hammered by left handed hitters of late, the Cardinal announcers began blaming the umpires. Lance Lynn even threw a hissy hit from the dugout after he was pulled from the game after 3.1 miserable innings.
Al Hrabosky and McLaughlin would later talk about Starlin Castro being bush league for admiring one of his home runs for a couple of seconds too long. But it was okay, when Albert Pujols and Yadier Molina were pumping their fists in the air after hitting a double or home run. These Whiny-Birds can sure dish it out but they can't take it.
All of a sudden the St. Louis Cardinals are starting to look very beatable. Their day to day lineup seems a bit on the ordinary side, while their bullpen is looking very shaky. The Cardinals are hearing footsteps and instead of addressing their weaknesses as a team, the Cardinals announcers are playing the victim role they so dearly cherish.
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